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Re: Purdue 2012-2013 Athletics thread

Do you have a source for this? Grigson and Polian? I mean Grigson makes sense but there is a Polian connection I'm not aware of?

Burke did not provide much detail about how the national search would be conducted, though he did say Colts general manager Ryan Grigson, Texans GM Rick Smith and Colts ex-vice chairman Bill Polian would advise him.

Re: Purdue 2012-2013 Athletics thread

Do you have a source for this? Grigson and Polian? I mean Grigson makes sense but there is a Polian connection I'm not aware of?

Smith and Grigson are alums, I can't remember verbatim but at the presser Burke said something along the lines of he and Polian "having a good relationship" from his time with the Colts, something like that. I assume during Polian's time scouting, pro days, that stuff. Pretty sure Polian helped Ball State "find" Lembo.

Re: Purdue 2012-2013 Athletics thread

Only way they hire BS is if basically EVERYONE else says no. I'm a fan of Spack's adoration of the program, just as I am Hopes, but no damn way. I don't really know who I want, Sonny Dykes is intriguing, I like Kliff Kingsbury from a lighting in a bottle could be great view, Butch Jones would be very good with some reservations about him just coaching Brian Kelly's players every step of the way but I'm very happy he's allegedly in the discussion since he made more at freakin Cincinnatti than Hope did at Purdue.

Don't know who I want, but it's pretty clearly the most important hire of Burke's career and it's going to be his lasting legacy.